Diamonds in the Dust — Christina Laffeaty

'I'll make my fortune, no matter what I have to do...' Of all the desperate men who rush to dig for diamonds in the dust of Shelagh Maybury's South African farm, Luke Valentine, a handsome disgraced Englishman, is the most ruthless. It's not long, though, before Shelagh comes to appreciate the advantanges of having the biggest liar and cheat north of the Orange River on her land - for at least he protects her from lesser villans! Not that she can trust him an inch, even when she begins to fall in love with him. And surely his interest in her can only mean one thing? He must know something about her fortunes that she doesn't...